Ask HN: Did Chrome's (Dev Tools console) autocomplete just change?

4 pointsby noduerme3 anni fa2 comments

Specifically, did Enter used to select the first autocomplete choice, and now only Tab does? Enter works for all choices down the list besides the first one. My pinky muscle memory says that Enter used to finish the line.

This coincides with my installation of VSCode suddenly preferring global autocomplete names to local ones, almost to the day; and I can't find the settings to change either. The net effect is giving me the impression that I'm suffering from early onset dementia. I just wanted to know if I'm the only one running into this.

2 comments

i0nutzb3 anni fa

They actually _did_ change it a few months ago.

You can turn on the autocomplete-by-enter by openening dev tools -> settings (f1) -> preferences -> console -> „accept autocomplete suggestion on Enter”

https://i.imgur.com/sLgxPxY.png

pcthrowaway3 anni fa

Thank god, I hated dev tools autocompleting for me in situations where I didn't want it to. Everyone in their right mind uses tab for autocomplete.